Evaluation of normal ocular bacterial flora with two different culture media

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 448-453

  De Aguiar Moeller, Cecília Tobias ^a,c   Castelo Branco, Bruno ^a   Yu, Maria Cecília Zorat ^a   Farah, Michel Eid ^a   Santos, Manoel A A ^b   Höfling Lima, Ana Luisa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agar; Bacteria; Brain heart infusion; Conjunctiva; Culture; Flora

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EYELID; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 24044469376     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(05)80004-3     Document Type: Article

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